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4:00 AM ET Without any doubt, the watching world yearned for La Liga’s top four either to surge or to pratfall at the weekend — it wanted a definitive move towards triumph or disaster instead of a pair of draws between Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Sevilla which allowed people to claim, falsely, that
9:51 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Seattle keeps winning, Minnesota keeps losing and the stars of Major League Soccer keep shining as we
7:53 AM ET Brendan Rodgers has led Leicester to their first FA Cup final in more than 50 years. Michael Regan – The FA/The FA via Getty Images Brendan Rodgers has already experienced the defining moment of his managerial career. Rightly or wrongly, the Leicester City manager’s achievements will always be viewed through the prism of
12:42 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — Mason Greenwood was so promising as a schoolboy at Manchester United that Sir Alex Ferguson would tell people of the “special” talent that would one day break into the first team. After the 19-year-old eclipsed Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo in the club’s record books with a crucial goal
4:53 PM ET Real Madrid benefited from a late own goal to get a 2-2 draw with Sevilla FC but couldn’t leapfrog Atletico Madrid in the La Liga title race. Diego Carlos’ own goal late into stoppage time gave Real a share of the points. Ivan Rakitic’s penalty in the 78th minute seemed to have
2:32 PM ET One day back in 2019, Atlanta United FC play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Egan ran into forward Josef Martinez in the parking lot of the team’s training facility. Egan asked Martinez how he was doing, and the Venezuela international responded, “Good. All I want to do is score goals.” Back then, Martinez was in
2:00 AM ET As Manchester City‘s Sergio Aguero has recently learned to his cost, the “Panenka” penalty is a curious discipline, with the heavily unstable ratio between risk, reward and ridicule barely making them worth anybody’s while. 2 Related If you’re thinking, what is it? Then the man himself can explain. Antonin Panenka, the Czechoslovakia
3:50 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — For the second time in a month, Chelsea beat Manchester City and, while this 2-1 Premier League win might have offered few clues about whether they can make it a hat trick in the Champions League final on May 29, Thomas Tuchel’s side have made sure they
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May 6, 2021 ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator Derek Rae looks ahead to an intriguing Dortmund vs. RB Leipzig “doubleheader” over the next week, a pair of games that will play a huge part in the story of this German football season. Saturday, May 8 and Thursday, May 13: Circle these days on your football calendar.
12:18 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Eden Hazard has friends at Chelsea, the monster. By the end of Wednesday night, it was hard to avoid the conclusion that what most hurt wasn’t that Real Madrid had been knocked out of the Champions League, or even that they had been defeated so completely, the fact that
3:51 AM ET Robert Lewandowski could decide he wants one final challenge in the Premier League. ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. Jump to: Oblak in Premier League move? | Nagelsmann wants Barca assistant coach | Donnarumma left in tears by Milan fans | Marcelo’s saviour awaits reward | Arsenal chief’s in-tray Lewandowski a target
6:44 PM ET LONDON — Arsenal sacked Unai Emery because they feared he was sending them into the wilderness. As it turns out, it didn’t stop him. Emery’s Villarreal side advanced to the Europa League final with a 0-0 draw at Emirates Stadium, earning a 2-1 aggregate win they deserved for being the better organised,
5:52 PM ET Liam Wheeler Manchester United booked a Europa League final place for the second time in five years despite slipping to a 3-2 defeat against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The hosts started brightly and should have taken the lead as Gianluca Mancini, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all squandered chances, only for
6:00 AM ET With the Champions League semifinals complete, Manchester City and Chelsea move on to the May 29 final, while Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid wonder where it all went wrong. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens to answer some big questions. Who will win the final and why? Marcotti: Manchester
4:54 PM ET Chelsea reached their first Champions League final since 2012 as goals from Timo Werner and Mason Mount secured a 2-0 victory Real Madrid in their semifinal second leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday to win the tie 3-1 on aggregate. Their away goal in Madrid had given Chelsea a narrow advantage heading
6:44 PM ET LONDON — Chelsea‘s ruthlessness has consumed many managers but Thomas Tuchel embraced it from day one, and that attitude has taken them to a Champions League final following a 2-0 win over Real Madrid at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. He replaced Frank Lampard 99 days ago ostensibly to mould the expensively acquired